Leek 'Lyon - Prizetaker'

Not mine, but I hope they look like this when I'm finished

There's a rain a comin'. Well at least it been forecast to. And when there's rain a comin' and I have a day off, Sunday that is, that can only mean one thing. It's a seed planting time.

I'll have my work cut out for me tomorrow because I want to get all of these planted so as I can take advantage of the coming rain.

1. Leek 'Lyon - Prizetaker'
2. Watermelon 'Sugar Babe'
3. Zucchini
4. Squash yellow button
5. Spring onion
6. Pak Choi
7. Chinese Cabbage 'Nagaoka F1'
8. Fennel 'Florence Finale'
9. Radish
10. and some Marigolds

As usual I have a ton of weeding to do as well as spreading blood and bone around the other half of the garden that I didn't get done before the last rain.

Cheers then to a busy and productive Sunday

Stewart

Lettuce rejoice.

Working like mad again (I'm self employed. It's the only way I can get a Christmas bonus and a few days off) and I've only managed a few hours in the garden on Sunday afternoon but I still managed to find out something interesting.

You see I've tried getting some lettuce seed up and running but my strike rate has been appalling which it usually isn't.

 As I'm a reasonable seed starterer I began to suspect the seed although they were supposed to be viable and not out of date.

Therefore in order to see if it was me or the seed I went out and bought two varieties of 'fresh' lettuce seed and planted them as I usually do and 'hey presto', wouldn't you know it, within four days I had lettuce seeds germinating and sprouting all over the place.

So if you every find yourself puzzled as to why you are having trouble getting seeds up try some fresh seed first.

Cheers and happy sowing

Stewart

My top ten essential veggie seeds to sow in October

My top ten essential veggie seeds to sow in October

1. Bean
2. Beetroot
3. Carrot
4. Cucumber
5. Leek
6. Lettuce
7. Rocket
8. Silverbeet
9. Corn
10. Celery

 If you want to grow plants like Tomatoes, chillies, eggplant and capsicum  from seed then you are a bit late unless you live in the warmer parts of Aus with a longish growing season. If it's a shorter season where you are and you still want to plant some then grab yourself a punnet or two from your local nursery and bung them in.

So what are you waiting for, lets get cracking.

Cheers

Stewart.